Brahmagupta's Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta VOL I (Also Brahmasphutasiddhanta Brahmasphuta-siddhanta)

by: Indian Institute of Astronomical and Sanskrit Research

Publication date: 1966

Topics: Brahmagupta, Brahmasphutasiddhanta, Sanskrit, Mathematics, Arithmetic, India, Zero

Collection: opensource

Language: English

Brahmagupta's Brahmasphutasiddhanta (Volume 1)
Correctly Established Doctrine of Brahma

Written c. 628, in Sanskrit, it contains ideas including a good understanding of the mathematical role of zero, rules for manipulating both negative and positive numbers. It also contains a method for computing square roots, methods of solving linear and some quadratic equations, and rules for summing series, Brahmagupta's identity, and the Brahmagupta’s theorem. The book was written completely in verse.